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Life With a Pouch on the Side – Well Blog – NYTimes.com
“I’ve got a little plastic secret.
I don’t have a colon, and for more than 25 years I’ve worn a pouch on my lower right abdomen to collect waste. I think about the pouch only when I change it or if there’s a problem with it.” By DANA JENNINGS
via Life With a Pouch on the Side [...]
Michael Wolff: Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem
“Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word ‘retarded,’ which seems robust and meaningful and evocative of so much that is silly, inept, and illogical. It really does not necessarily besmirch people who are actually retarded. That word, the specifically besmirching word, with cruel connotations, evoking the fifth grade, [...]
Full StoryBooks Are Bad for You
Michael Wolff makes a good point:
“A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium.
I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil.”
via Books Are Bad for [...]
Op-Ed Columnist – Advice From Grandma – NYTimes.com
New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat Thomas Friedman gets at the etiology of the political paralysis that has stricken our nation. There are six factors that have converged to create civilization-threatening gridlock. Read the New York Times article for more. Well said, Mr. Friedman!
Friedman: “But while our culture of imagination [...]
Editorial – A Gift to Credit Card Companies – NYTimes.com
It seems simple to believe that people are motivated by money—it talks and bullshit walks, right?—but why do I struggle to believe that anyone could so deliberately screw over his constituents? It gives rise to a feeling of outrage.
“Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 months [...]
Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto?
Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto?.
Full Storya little pregnant: New rule: Don’t read comments, ever
“Every time someone declares that infertile people should accept their lot in life and adopt, they should be required by law to adopt a child themselves. To put their money where their mouth is. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? I hear it’s a piece of cake.
And every time someone says that infertile [...]
Beck and Limbaugh weigh in on swine flu | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times
“It’s amazing how the same people who think the government is incompetent also think that the swine flu campaign is a vast, secret government conspiracy. You can’t have it both ways.” —Thomas H. Maugh II
via Beck and Limbaugh weigh in on swine flu | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times.
Michael Moore: Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize — Now Please Earn it!
Michael Moore: “Your opposition has spent the morning attacking you for bringing such good will to this country. Why do they hate America so much? I get the feeling that if you found the cure for cancer this afternoon they’d be denouncing you for destroying free enterprise because cancer centers would have to close. There [...]
Full StoryWhy He Will Not Read Your Fucking Script – Deadline.com
Why He Will Not Read Your Fucking Script – Deadline.com.
If you’re not Chris Coake’s friend on Facebook, you should be. He posts the most interesting articles, including this one, as well as the one in this post and this one. (The photo is of Josh, not Chris.)
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